Welcome, Welcome! To Another Year At Hogwarts

Don’t be afraid the Talking Hat takes your choice into a count

“Oh you may not think I’m pretty,
But don’t judge on what you see,
I’ll eat myself if you can find
A smarter hat than me.

You can keep your bowlers black,
Your top hats sleek and tall,
For I’m the Hogwarts Sorting Hat
And I can cap them all.

There’s nothing hidden in your head
The Sorting Hat can’t see,
So try me on and I will tell you
Where you ought to be.

You might belong in Gryffindor

Where dwell the braves at heart

Daring, chivalry and nerves

Set Gryffindors apart

You might belong in Hufflepuff

Where they are just and loyal

Those patients Hufflepuffs are true

Are unafraid of toil

Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw,

if you’ve a ready mind

Where those of wit and learning

Will always find their kind

Or perhaps in Slytherin

You’ll make your real friends

Those cunning folks will use any means

To achieve their ends;

So put me on! Don’t be afraid!
And don’t get in a flap!
You’re in safe hands (though I have none)
For I’m a Thinking Cap!”